A STUDY ON MATHEMATICS AND INFORMATICS EDUCATION USING MULTI-MEDIA FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

神户大学继续努力满足当时的需要，于1992年10月成立了一个名为人类发展学院的新学院。该学院包括人类环境系，而人类环境系又包括数学和信息学系。该科在基础数学、信息数学和数理统计三个领域进行研究和教育。在这个研究项目中，我们寻求最好的方法来实现该科在这三个领域的教育目标，并在课程设计中追求必要的原则。更具体地说，我们安装了一个用于教育目的的计算机系统，并利用该系统探索数学和信息学教学的可能改进。在设计系统时，特别考虑了数学和信息学的教育要求。它被配置为允许用户在启动时选择基于unix的操作系统和基于pc的操作系统……更多的是为了使学生能够在两种类型的操作系统中获得良好的平衡能力。我们建立了能够处理高速ATM网络的网络硬件。这对于综合利用图像、声音和多语言文本数据的多媒体教育至关重要。该设备还允许基于MPEG2编码器的运动图像的教育使用。我们确定了有效利用上述系统所需的课程改进，并在制定大学水平数学和信息学教育的新概念方面取得了重大进展。硬件由一个图形服务器、一个主计算服务器和若干台个人计算机组成，这些计算机通过网络与它们相连。例如，图形服务器作为渲染3D对象的强大工具，而计算服务器则安装了强大的计算机代数系统，处理数字、代数和统计计算。这个研究项目产生的有趣结果已经在各种专业会议和专题讨论会上发表。许多论文已在日本国内外专业期刊上发表，获得了积极的认可。少

Continuing efforts at Kobe University to meet the needs of the time saw the establishment in October 1992 of a new faculty named the Faculty of Human Development. The Faculty includes the Department of Human Environment, which in turn includes the Section of Mathematics and Informatics. The Section conducts research and education in three areas : basic mathematics, information mathematics, and mathematical statistics. In this research project, we sought the best way to achieve the educational goals of the Section in these three areas, and pursued the requisite principles in curriculum design. More specifically, we installed a system of computers for educational purposes, and used the system to explore possible improvements in the teaching of mathematics and informatics. Special consideration was given to the educational requirements of mathematics and informatics in designing the system. It was configured to allow the user to choose between a UNIX-based OS and a PC-based OS at startup … More so that the students would be able to acquire a well-balanced competence in both types of OS.We set up network hardware capable of handling high-speed ATM networks. This is essential to multi-media education that utilizes images, sounds, and multi-language text data in an integrated fashion. The equipment also allows the educational use of moving pictures based on MPEG2 encoder. We identified the improvements in curriculum needed to make effective use of the system mentioned above, and made significant progress towards the formulation of a new concept of university-level education in mathematics and informatics. The hardware consists of a graphics server, a main computing server, and a number of personal computers connected with them in network. The graphics server serves, e. g., as a powerful tool for rendering of 3D objects, and the computing server, with powerful computer algebra systems installed, handles numeric, algebraic and statistical computations. The interesting results that this research project has produced have been presented at various professional meetings and symposia. Many have been published in professional journals both inside and outside Japan, winning positive recognition. Less